Conjuring.- Hocus Pocus, or The Art of Conjuration..., half-title, engraved frontispiece, 19th century ownership inscription to front free endpaper, frontispiece very slightly frayed at gutter, G7 loss to upper corner affecting few words, G8 with small staining, B9, B10 & E5 with short tear into text without loss, few minor marginal defects, some light soiling, old stab-holes to inner margin, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rubbed with some wear to extremities, [cf. Toole Stott 1081], 8vo, for W. Lane, 1795.
⁂ A rare and charming work on conjuring, this title not listed on ESTC. WorldCat records just 3 copies of both 1792 and 1795 editions respectively (Indiana University; University of California, Los Angeles; University of Alberta). This copy varies slightly from that recorded by Toole Stott, numbering 144pp. (as opposed to 140pp.) and with the addition of half-title and frontispiece. The only copy we can trace at auction was sold in these rooms in 2019, without the frontispiece.
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